Attorney
CPA
Consultant
EXPERIENCE THAT COUNTS
Ben Palkowski is a CPA with 20 years of experience working with nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations, including charities, political organizations, social welfare organizations, trade associations and labor unions.
Ben helps nonprofit organizations bolster their accounting operations to help protect their hard-earned assets and to improve financial stability and resource management.
In 2021, Ben co-founded the Old Colony Law firm, a business dedicated to providing comprehensive and customized estate planning legal services for families with emphasis on planned giving.
Ben saw an opportunity to leverage his experience as a nonprofit accountant and fundraiser to facilitate transactions between donor and charity in a tax-efficient manner.
“You hear about all these organizations that are struggling, yet there’s plenty of money out there. The reality is donors don’t want to cut checks just to fill the next budget shortfall. They want to have confidence in the organizations and the causes they’re getting behind, especially when a substantial part of their net worth or legacy is on the line.”
Ben Palkowski, nonprofit consultant
Ben Palkowski’s Accounting Philosophy
An organization’s mission can be disrupted by internal instability. In my experience working with local and national mission-based organizations, in areas spanning from regulatory and government affairs to fundraising and finance, I have witnessed how staff turnover, culture changes and board resignations can jeopardize financial and accounting functions, leaving an organization vulnerable to fraud, government fines, data breaches, reputational harm and loss of tax-exempt status.
I’m here to help your organization carry out its mission by investigating and solving your accounting troubles; preventing accounting troubles from growing into larger legal problems; and implementing internal controls to detect and even prevent such troubles from occurring in the first place.
Consulting
Ben provides consulting services to nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations in certain complex and specialized areas of accounting, such as planned giving, internal controls, forensic accounting, financial investigations, fraud prevention, campaign finance compliance and political accounting.
Speaking
Ben Palkowski is a speaker at seminars, trainings and private events addressing topics like estate planning, gifting, asset protection, campaign finance and nonprofit accounting.
NONPROFIT ACCOUNTING
PLANNED GIVING
ASSET PROTECTION
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
TRUSTS & ESTATES
FORENSIC ACCOUNTING
